Clean Laboratory for Safeguards

The role of the clean laboratory (CL) for safeguards as well as the structure of IAEA s environmental sampling for safeguards (ESS) program are described elsewhere 

The CL was constructed in 1995 and entered into full operation in 1996 at the same time that the agency began to implement environmental sampling for safeguards (ESS) as a routine tool under existing legal authority. A floor plan of the CL is shown in Fig. 63.31. 

Preparation and certification of clean sampling kits and supplies for taking environmental samples. The number of sampling kits produced per year is approximately 1,000. 

The receipt, book-in and recoding of up to 1,000 environmental samples per year. After initial cleaning of the outer sample bags and screening by high-resolution gamma 

Floor plan of the IAEA Clean Laboratory for Safeguards 

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In parallel with the 93+2 field trials, the IAEA designed and constructed a special Clean Laboratory for Safeguards in Seibersdorf, Austria (see Sect. 63.5.3.1), which went into full operation in 1996. In the years since 1996, the environmental sampling for safeguards program... 

The IAEA Clean Laboratory for Safeguards is certified annually to meet the specified cleanliness standards by an outside organization. 

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